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  1. Hiltonizer

    Kudo's to Privett

    Had 11 of 44 chicks arrive dead this morning with 2 more unlikely to make it. The 11 plus 1 seem to be due to bad shipment handling, it was a smelly and gruesome scene. One has as a splayed leg. I called Privett as soon as they opened this AM and was quickly credited the cost of the 13. I've...
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    Black... Red-Sex Link Chicks?

    So I've been hatching red-sex links (NH/White Plymouth Crosses) for sale locally. That's been working great, and i'm very happy with the sex-link, but... I've been getting a handful of black chicks out of each hatch. Now, the first few times I didn't think much of it because I had an EE...
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    Another breed selection thread...

    In the plans for this year is to put a farm stand at the end of the driveway to sell our various homestead goods, and eggs have always been something I've figured would make for a good draw (though being a bit of a loss leader). The problem right now is, we barely have enough eggs for hatching...
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    Best Plucker?

    We're at the point we need to bite the bullet on a proper plucker, my drill based job is nice but not doing it at the volume we'll be at this year. I had seen some positive things about the EZ Plucker here on this forum, but also nice things about Rite Farm products. Rite Farm being...
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    Air cells before setting?

    Had a miserable hatch rate on my first hatch, so I'm about to set another batch and was giving them one last inspection. As I set the eggs aside this week, I candled to verify there was an intact air cell at the top. This was usually the case, a small but identifiable air cell. Now, prior to...
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    Coming back up to temp...

    How long does it take to come back to temp after setting in a Hovabator? Taking my new Hovabator for its first spin with 36 eggs I set yesterday. I had it stable at 100.5F for over a day before setting, but its been 18 hours now and still hasn't come to temp. It seemed to stall at 96 so I...
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    McMurray Chef's Choice Broiler

    Their email blast just advertised this limited time run of meat birds they are calling "Chef's Choice Broilers". From the pictures, they look like Dixies/Pioneers to me. Any insights? https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/chefs_choice_red_broiler.html Would hate to order 25 just as an experiment.
  8. Hiltonizer

    DIY cornish x breeding

    After much searching, the consensus is that commercial and hatchery Cornish X broilers are actually a secret 4 way breed which no DIY breeder is going to achieve by any method other then an accident. Historically, Red Laced Cornish Cocks and White Rocks Hens were crossed as a solid meat bird...
  9. Hiltonizer

    My barrel coop

    Hi All, Post #3 for me. This site has been a great resource for me while researching the finer details of chook raising. We had them when I was younger, and I'm kind of what you would call a prepper, so getting some bug-to-egg converters was high on my priority list. I wanted to do this on the...
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    Another new chook owner.

    Hi Everyone, Thanks to all the great info available on the internet about owning chickens (99% of which I'm pretty sure I found here), I just brought home 4 young ISA Browns early this afternoon. A nice family the next town over had some extras from their brooder and was looking for homes on...
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